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Gunsmoke

“Get out of Dodge!”

6.71955Ended20 seasons

WesternAction & AdventureDrama

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

About the series

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

Created by: John Meston
Network: CBS
Episodes: 635

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Episodes

Season

Episode 1

Matt Gets It

1955-09-10

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26 min

Dan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he talks.

Episode 2

Hot Spell

1955-09-17 26 min

Matt intercedes on behalf of ex-con Cope Borden, when Rance Bradley accuses Cope of horse theft and attempts to lynch him. Cope is proven innocent of the charge, but later kills Bradley's nephew in a fair fight during a gambling dispute. Matt is caught in an awkward situation when he must defend the unsavory Cope against the decent people of Dodge.

Episode 3

Word of Honor

1955-10-01 26 min

Hank Worth, son of wealthy rancher Jake Worth, is kidnapped by three men and held for $20,000 ransom. They shoot him in the back for trying to escape. They call on Doc but Hank dies. The killers decide to let Doc go because he is the only doctor within 400 miles and they fear they might need his services someday. Before sparing his life and freeing him, they force the reluctant Doc to give his word of honor that he will never reveal their identities.

Episode 4

Home Surgery

1955-10-08 26 min

When returning to Dodge, Chester and Matt are confronted by Holly Hawtree, whose father is desperately ill with gangrene. His only hope for survival is amputation of the affected leg. Matt performs the surgery, but the gangrene has spread too far and the old man dies. Matt later discovers that the presumed accident leading to Mr. Hawtree's condition was actually caused by Ben Walling, who has his sights on Holly.

Episode 5

Obie Tater

1955-10-15 26 min

Two outlaws seek the rumored hidden fortune of old prospector Obie. They drag him to get him to tell. Obie forgets his cares and disappears on honeymoon with newcomer Ella May. Matt suspiciously questions the simple Obie about Ella May's motives and finds Obie is deeper than he seems.

Episode 6

Night Incident

1955-10-29 26 min

Little Timmy Wyatt witnesses a series of bizarre murders. He has a habit of telling tall tales, so no one will believe him.

Episode 7

Smoking Out the Nolans

1955-11-05 26 min

Clay Young is trying to evict Josh Nolan, who says he paid for the property. Matt and Chester are tied up in reluctantly enforcing eviction law unless they can find another way.

Episode 8

Kite's Reward

1955-11-12 26 min

Matt warns skilled gunman Andy Travis, of his choice between quitting the gun or else being constantly hunted and forced to prove himself. Matt finds a way to foil the $1000 bounty on Andy's head.

Episode 9

The Hunter

1955-11-26 26 min

Buffalo hunter Jase Murdock is warned by storekeeper Ross to stay out of Indian territory. Matt talks with Murdock's skinner, Golden Calf, who determines that Murdock's medicine is no longer good.

Episode 10

The Queue

1955-12-03 26 min

Two bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.

Episode 11

General Parsley Smith

1955-12-10 26 min

Old-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.

Episode 12

Magnus

1955-12-24 26 min

Chester is embarrassed at a visit by his estranged mountain man brother Magnus. To prove that Magnus is too uncivilized for town, Chester tours him through the highlights of Dodge: card gambling, drinking, and talking with Kitty. Meanwhile, the Long Branch women plan a Christmas Eve dance which is busted by the spiteful Lucifer Jones.

Episode 13

Reed Survives

1955-12-31 26 min

Lucy professes her love for handsome Booth Rider, and concocts a scheme against Ephram. Booth becomes the unwitting pawn in a homicide that culminates in an ironic twist of fate.

Episode 14

Professor Lute Bone

1956-01-07 26 min

Doc is enraged by traveling medicine man Professor Lute Bone and his opium elixir, and digs up a gun to shoot him with. A lad also hunts him because his father died drinking his elixir, so Bone reconsiders the patent medicine business.

Episode 15

No Handcuffs

1956-01-21 26 min

A dishonest deputy sheriff steals a prisoner from Matt's jail, so Matt and Chester hunt them.

Episode 16

Reward for Matt

1956-01-28 26 min

Matt kills a man and his widow posts a $1,000 bounty in vengeance. Everyone from sodbusters to gunslingers are out for that reward.

Episode 17

Robin Hood

1956-02-04 26 min

Witnesses refuse to testify against a notorious outlaw.

Episode 18

Yorky

1956-02-18 26 min

Yorky, a white boy who was brought up by Arapahoes, is victimized by horse thieves. Accused of their crime, he is shot by the vengeful Abe Brandt and his son. Matt is also targeted by the horse thieves.

Episode 19

20-20

1956-02-25 26 min

A former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies.

Episode 20

Reunion '78

1956-03-03 26 min

A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.

Episode 21

Helping Hand

1956-03-17 26 min

A would-be tough guy picks on the wrong man in an attempt to make a name for himself when he tries to involve Marshal Matt Dillon by staging a street fight.

Episode 22

Tap Day for Kitty

1956-03-24 26 min

An old sodbuster comes to town and decides he wants to marry Kitty. When he won't leave her alone she declares she'll shoot him if he pesters her anymore.

Episode 23

Indian Scout

1956-03-31 26 min

When an old Indian scout (Eduard Franz) murders a man (DeForest Kelley), Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.

Episode 24

The Pest Hole

1956-04-14 26 min

Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).

Episode 25

The Big Broad

1956-04-28 26 min

Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.

Episode 26

Hack Prine

1956-05-12 26 min

Hack Prine, a friend of Matt's rides into Dodge. However he is there as a gunman, for Matt Dillon.

Episode 27

Cooter

1956-05-19 26 min

A dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).

Episode 28

The Killer

1956-05-26 26 min

Charles Bronson guest stars as a cowardly gunslinger who only goes after old men or young kids who aren't very experienced with guns. But, when Matt Dillon gives him an ultimatum, he shows his true colors.

Episode 29

Doc's Revenge

1956-06-09 26 min

A stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.

Episode 30

The Preacher

1956-06-16 26 min

Seth, a newcomer to Dodge is bullied by Keeler, a boxer.

Episode 31

How to Die for Nothing

1956-06-23 26 min

The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary (Mort Mills appears).

Episode 32

Dutch George

1956-06-30 26 min

Matt's Childhood hero, Dutch George is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves he must now stop.

Episode 33

Prairie Happy

1956-07-07 26 min

A bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge.

Episode 34

Chester's Mail Order Bride

1956-07-14 26 min

When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as 'Sam').

Episode 35

The Guitar

1956-07-21 26 min

An ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels (Jacques Aubuchon appears). First episode without the "Boot Hill" intro.

Episode 36

Cara

1956-07-28 26 min

Matt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law.

Episode 37

Mr. and Mrs. Amber

1956-08-04 26 min

A self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law..

Episode 38

Unmarked Grave

1956-08-18 26 min

A young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom.

Episode 39

Alarm at Pleasant Valley

1956-08-25 26 min

While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester discover a homsteading family fleeing Pleasant Valley, which is besieged by Indians.

Cast

James Arness

James Arness

Marshal Matt Dillon

Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake

Kitty

Ken Curtis

Ken Curtis

Festus

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Doc

Woody Chambliss

Woody Chambliss

Woody Lathrop

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